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It feels like I’m going round in circles with my ocd and struggling to find things to help I’ve been in therapy but felt like they didn’t understand my ocd properly as they weren’t specialised in ocd I’ve been told “I’m doing the right things to help” and that there’s nothing more to offer me? but none of the therapy sessions even done things like cbt or exposure therapy It’s making me worried that there’s no way to help it or that no one else experiences the same thing as me Just makes me feel like there’s something wrong with me :( Worried I’m making it up and that it’s not ocd Has anyone done the therapy on here and has it helped? Please tell me your experience 💕

Username: djfloriodjflorio

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 42w ago

Well I think you've said it right in your post. You haven't been to a specialist who does more OCD-centric treatment like exposure therapy. The gold standard right now is ERP. I'd suggest finding a therapist who does that and giving it a shot. People often worry about whether or not they have OCD, and to that I always give the same advice. Try not to think about OCD as some sort of medical condition, or some mutation that you have or you don't have. Intrusive thoughts are repetitive thoughts that you don't want to experience. Everyone experiences intrusive thoughts to some degree. Compulsions are things that people do in an attempt to "get rid" if those thoughts, and their accompanying anxiety, quickly. They can be physical or mental. Compulsions are also not unique to OCD. Any behavior that is done as an automatic reaction to a negative thought or feeling is compulsive. It gets labeled as OCD if this cycle of obsession/compulsion happens often enough, and intensely enough, to significantly impact your life in a negative way. The techniques used to treat OCD are beneficial to anyone. Even if you don't fall into the OCD diagnosis, the goal is to learn to sit with the anxiety, and recognize that your thoughts do not define you.

Username: ambermayxambermayx

Date posted: 42w ago

@djflorio thankyou sm

Username: HxhjshdjdjHxhjshdjdj

Date posted: 42w ago

I feel the same way with therapy I feel so defeated

Username: OCDSurvivor123OCDSurvivor123

Date posted: 42w ago

Feel the same way about making it up. Wonder if I’m actually the one thinking the thoughts

Username: GingerColby39GingerColby39

Date posted: 42w ago

hey, i'm really sorry to hear you're feeling stuck and misunderstood with your ocd journey. it sounds incredibly tough, especially when it feels like you're not getting the right support. 💕 you're definitely not alone in this, and there's nothing wrong with you for feeling this way. i'd recommend trying "unstuck," it's a new ai-powered therapy tool specifically for ocd (just google "unstuck app for ocd" and it should pop up). my nocd therapist recommended it to me, and it's been a big help over the past month. might be worth checking out for some extra support. 🌟

Username: ambermayxambermayx

Date posted: 42w ago

@GingerColby39 hey thankyou sm💕 How was your experience with a therapist on here as I was thinking of getting one? was it helpful and I’ve tried using the app but it won’t let me login after I made an account so I haven’t been able to use it unfortunately:((

Username: a77

Date posted: 5y ago

i just wanted to ask on here if anyone could share from experience what to do if it feels like you’ve already tried everything to get rid of ocd or as much of it as you can??? So basically when all of this first started about 2 years ago, I was actually in counseling just casually for a few months trying to just cure my anxiety but then I realized the bigger issue was OCD months later and i started going to talk (cognitive behavioral) therapy for it for about 6 months. During that time i tried Zoloft for a couple months, kept increasing til i hit true max but i honestly never felt anything! I didn’t try anything else bc i really didn’t like the idea of being on medicine especially at such a high dose and apparently zoloft is the best for ocd but it didn’t work even a little. then that didn’t work after all of that, so i i’ve been going to a hypnotist (who has a phd so he’s actually a real doctor) and it was supposed to take 3-4 sessions to help me, but so far i’ve done 11 sessions and nothing!! i’m still functioning but this is not how i want to live. does anyone have any suggestions please on what i should do or try??

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Username: Amanda1988

Date posted: 3y ago

Hello I am looking to start ERP on here with a therapist. I am quite nervous about it incase it doesn't work, I've had BWRT Therapy, CBT privately for months and I'm still horrified and scared of these thoughts. I haven't been officially diagnosed either which leads me down a horrible thought path.. but every therapist I have seen has said I have got harm ocd/pure o. Any advice on starting ERP? Thank you

Username: Gimli_23

Date posted: 2y ago

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I'm currently visiting my third therapist in the last three years and none of them have helped me so far. None of them have given me any type of diagnosis so I'm not even sure if I actually have OCD, and it's driving me mad. The last session I had, I even felt like it made things worse rather that it helped. I wanna feel that trust to my therapist that you should feel to be able to share your emotions but I don't. I feel like its not going anywhere, like it's useless. Lately I've been thinking about finding a therapist here at NOCD, I've even looked up some specific people and they all seem really nice and sweet.

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